Cord or twine holder.



No. 642,439. Patenied Jan. 30, 1900. 4 DE WITT P. GAYMON.

CORD 0R TWINE HOLDER.

(Application filed May 16, 1899.)

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CORD OR TWINE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 642,439, dated January 30, 1900.

Application filed May 15, 1899. Serial No. 716,920. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, DE WITT PERRY GAY- MON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Cord or Twine Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cord and twine holders, and has for its object to provide an improved device of this character having means for facilitating the positioning of the cord-ball and for threading the free end of the cord to the exit-opening therefor.

To these ends the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the cover thrown back, so as to facilitate the positioning of the cord-ball.

Corresponding parts are designated by like reference characters in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the hollow spherical body of the holder, provided with a qnadrantal opening 2, located in the upper half of the body. At the top of the body, adjacent to the upper end of the quadrantal opening 2, there is provided a suspending-eye 3, whereby the device may be suspended from a ceiling or other support, and diametrically opposite said eye is a cord exit opening 4, through which the free end of the cord contained within the device is adapted to pass. Extending from the lower edge 5 of the quadrantal opening 2 and com municating with the cord-opening 4 is a'slot 6, which is adapted to facilitate the threading of the free end of the cord to the cord-opening, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The quadrantal opening 2 is adapted to be closed by means of a quadrantal cover 7 of slightly greater diameter than the spherical body and pivoted at its opposite corners upon suitable pivot-pins 8, provided exteriorly of the spherical body intermediate of the suspending-eye 3 and the cord-exit opening 4, so that the cover may embrace the quadrantal opening 2 and close the same. The cover 7 when in its closed position closes down over the open upper end of the slot 6, so that the free end of the cord is confined within the slot.

The cover is also provided with a slot 9, ex-

tending nearly the entire width of the cover and opening out through its upper edge, so as to receive the suspending-eye 3 in the movement of the cover. To limit the downward movement of the cover, so that the latter may be held in position to entirely close the quadrantal opening 2, a stop 10 is provided and consists of an arcuate strap provided upon the upper edge of the cover, extending across the open end of the slot 9 and adapted to engage the suspending-eye 3, as indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, whereby the cover is held in its proper closed position. The upward movement of the cover is limited, as shown in Fig. 3, by reason of the lower end of the slot 9 engaging the adjacent side of the suspending-eye 3 when the cover has been thrown backward, so as to permit of the cordball being placed in position.

In placing the cord-ball within the body of the device the cover 7 is thrown back, as shown in Fig. 3, so as to expose the quadrantal opening 2 and permit of the cord-ball being introduced therethrough. It will be understood that before placing the ball in position a suitable length of the cord is un Wound from the ball, and this free portion is engaged with the mouth of the slot 6, whereby the free end of the cord will be directed into the exit-opening 4, thereby obviating the difficulty of threading the cord'through a closed opening.

The present invention provides an exceedingly simple and useful form of cord-holder, as the parts thereof have been limited to two in number, which are positively connected together and cannot get out of order, whereby the holder is adapted to feed the cord in an efficient manner.

Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to without departing from the spirit orsacrificin g any of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. A cord-holder comprisinga hollow body, having a suspending device at its top and pro vided with a quadrantal entrance-opening at the upper side, an exit-opening arranged centrally of the bottom, and aslot extending from the'entrance-opening to the eXit-openin g, and a quadrantal cover adapted to cover the entrance and close the upper end of said slot, the said cover being slotted to pass the suspending device, and being permanently and pivotally connected to the body of the cordholder and adapted to swing in the arc of a circle to cover or uncover the entrance-opening, substantially as described.

2. In a cord-holder, the combination with a body having a suspending-eye, an entranceopening, and an exit-opening, of a cover pivoted to the body and adapted to close the entrance-opening, said cover being provided with a slot adapted to receive the suspendingeye in the movement of the cover, and astop carried by the cover extending across the slot thereof and adapted to en gage the suspendingeye to limit the movement of the cover, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a cord-holder, the combination with a hollow spherical body having a quadrantal entrance-opening provided in the upper half thereof, a suspending-eye adjacent to the upper edge of the said opening, an exit-opening located diametrically opposite the suspending-eye, and a slot extending from the entrance-openin g to the exit-opening, of a quadrantal cover pivoted or hinged at its opposite ends to the body and adapted to close the entrance-opening thereof, said cover being provided with a transverse slot opening out through the upper edge thereof, and an arouate strap provided upon the upper edge of the cover extending across the outer end of the slot and adapted to engage the suspendingeye to limit the downward movement of the cover, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

DE VVITT PERRY GAYMON. Witnesses:

FRANK G. DUKE, WALTER P. ITUFFINE. 

